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ge-winna

(n.)
Grammar
ge-winna, an; m.

An enemyadversarya foerivalhostisinĭmīcusæmŭlus

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Beóþ ðé hungor and þurst hearde gewinnan hunger and thirst will be hard adversaries to thee, Exon. 36 b; Th. 118, 28; Gú. 246. Heora gewinnan hí éhtan insĕquĭtur hostis, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 23: 1, 23; S. 483, 13.

mægþ

(n.)
Grammar
mægþ, <b>, mægeþ;</b> without inflection in the sing. and in the n. ac. pl., f.

A maidvirgingirlmaidenwoman

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Þurh Judithe láre, mægþ módigre, Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 18; Jud. 335. Mægeþ, brýde ðínre ( Sarah ), Cd. 134; Th. 169, 10; Gen. 2797. Hé ðære mægeþ (Guthlac&#39;s sister ) sceolde láce gelǽdan láð spel, Exon. 52 a; Th. 182, 27; Gú. 1316.

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sidu

(n.)
Grammar
sidu, seodu, siodu (o) ; gen. dat. a ; m.
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Gif hé þurh cúscne siodo lǽst mína lára if by modest conduct he carry out my instructions, Cd. Th. 39, 2 ; Gen. 618

Linked entries: seodu sido siodo sydung

þrǽl

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽl, es; m.
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Wé witan ðæt þurh Godes gyfe þrǽl wearð tó þegene, and ceorl tó eorle, L. Eth. vii. 21; Th. i. 334, 8.

bodung

annunciationdeclarationtestimonyinterpretationrecitingrehearsingpreaching

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Þurh Paules bodunga. Bl. H. 173, 18. Bodunge, R. Ben. 4, 5: Hml. Th. i. 58, 30. Hí mid bysnungum wel ne lǽdað, ne mid bodungum wel ne lǽrað, Ll. Th. ii. 328, 2. Bodengum, Wlfst. 276, 24. Hé á his bodunga mid gebysnungum ástealde, Hml. Th. ii. 148, 26

ealdian

(v.)
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Þe lǽs þe hí þurh eorþlice dǽda á ealdodon (áealdodon ?: hí ne ealdodon nǽfre, v.l.) fram hyra módes níwnysse ne per humanos actus a novitate mentis veterascerent, Gr. D. 6, 32. Aldadon bán mín inveteraverunt ossa mea, Ps. Srt. 31, 3.

eorþ-lic

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Similar entries cf. eorþe, V, 4 Úre eorðlice niht cymð þurh ðǽre eorðtan sceade, Lch. iii. 240, 13

fill

(n.)
Grammar
fill, fiell, es; m.

deathdestruction

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Se druncena . . . þurh fyllas bewylewud ebriosus . . . per precipitia deuolutus, Scint. 107, 14. figurative Hé gǽð on ðone weg, ac hé nát on hwæt hé gǽð, ac hé wirð suíðe raðe on fielle (citius corruit), Past. 287, 17. fall in battle, death, destruction

Linked entries: fiell fyll

fremming

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Þurh ðæs Hálgan Gástes fremminge wearð Críst ácenned on dǽre menniscnysse, i. 198, 31. the doing of an action Se Hǽlend hæfde þone gódan willan tó ðám fóstre and þá mihte tó ðǽre fremminge, Hml. Th. i. 184, 22: 306, 8: Hml.

ge-reordan

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Hu heó mihte þurh Godes láre hire sáwle gereordigan, Hml. Th. ii. 440, 19. Ic beó gereordod uescor, An. Ox. 56, 348. Gereordede saginantur, i. pascuntur, nutriuntur, 993.

ge-dwimor

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Se deófol wyrcð þonne wundra þurh his scíncræft mid leásum gedwimorum, Hml. S. 35, 351. Sum gedwola mid manegum gedwimorum þæt landfolc bedydrode lange, 31, 834. Hé (St.

ge-þyld

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þyld, e; f.
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Þurh þá geþyldo, 289, 27. Hé lufade þá geþyldo, 290, 15. uncertain forms Ne gé þæt geþyldum ( patiently ) þicgan woldan, ac mec yrringa úp gelǽddon, Gú. 454: 886. Hé him þá geþyldu (-þylda,&nbsp; v. l. ) forgife, Gr. D. 274, 15.

ge-fadian

(v.)
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Ealle ðá gerýnu Crístes menniscnysse wǽron gefadode þurh mihte þæs Hálgan Gástes, Hml. Th. ii. 280, 3

ge-fremian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fremian, ge-fremman.
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Wearð seó menniscnys þurh þone micclan willan gefremmed, Hml. Th. i. 196, 25. Of gefremedre genihtsumnysse de congesta (virtutum) copia. An. Ox. 3344. Þá gefremedon commissa, Wrt.

hírsum-ness

obedienceobediencehumilityservice

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Þurh þá gemǽnan þénunge þysse hýrsumnesse (the work of the kitchen which all took in turn), 58, 16.

ge-siht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-siht, -sihþ, -siehþ, -syhþ, -sihtþ, e; f.

Sightpower of seeingvisionsomething seenaspectrespectvisusacies oculorumvisioaspectusconspectusrespectus

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Þurh nihtlíce gesihþ in a vision of the night, Shrn. 63, 16 : Lchdm. iii. 204, 31. Ðære uplícan sibbe gesiehþ the sight of the peace above, Past. 21; Swt. 161, 16; Hat. MS. On ealles ðæs folces gesihþe in the sight of all the people, Homl.

Linked entry: ge-syhð

spryttan

(v.)
Grammar
spryttan, p. te

To sproutspringgerminateTo put forth a shootbring forth fruitto incite

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Th. ii. 90, 18. to incite (cf. þurh þes (Ranulf's) macunge and tóspryttinge se eorl pis land mid unfriðe gesóhte,) (Chr. 1101; Erl. 238, 1) Sprytte instigavit, Anglia xiii. 36, 245. Ðá sprytte se deófol ðæt folc tó his (Christ's) siege, Homl.

Linked entries: tó-sprytting sprýtan

LIFIAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIFIAN, leofian; p. ode

To LIVE

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Hine þurh ðone lifigendan Drihten hálsedon, Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 14

Linked entries: leofian LIBBAN

wís-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
wís-dóm, es; m.

wisdomdiscretionknowledge cognizancewisdom knowledge learning philosophy

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Swá ús gleáwe wítgan þurh wísdóm on gewritum cýþaþ, Exon. Th. 199, 23; Ph. 30.

hálig-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-dóm, es; m.

holiness, sanctitysanctimoniaholy things, relics, holy work, a sacramenta holy place, sanctuaryrelicholinesssacred thingsrelicsa sanctuarysacramentum, sanctuariumsacred thing, relic, sanctuary

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Þurh ealne ðane háligdóm ðe ic on Róme for mé and for ealne þeódscype gesóhte by all the relics that I sought out in Rome for myself and for all the nation, Th. Chart. I17, 10. a holy place, sanctuary Ðínne háligdóm sanctuarum tuum, Ps.